AOGS General Election

Positions & Eligibility

Positions Elected

The General Election covers the following positions:

• Atmospheric Sciences
• Biogeosciences
• Hydrological Sciences
• Interdisciplinary Geosciences
• Ocean Sciences
• Planetary Sciences
• Solar and Terrestrial Sciences
• Solid Earth Sciences

Who May Hold Office and Vote

Under the AOGS Constitution, only Individual Members who are 21 years of age or above may vote or hold office in the Society.

A person who pays to attend an AOGS Annual Meeting or Conference and observes the Code of Conduct is automatically included as an Individual Member for three years. Membership ends if the member does not attend at least one AOGS Annual Meeting or Conference in three consecutive years, or in the circumstances stated in the Constitution.

Candidates must be willing to stand for election. When preparing the slate, consideration is given to the Society's diverse regional and disciplinary interests and to maintaining a reasonable balance of those interests over time.

Nominations & Selection

Who May Nominate

Any current AOGS member may submit a nomination. Current membership is verified through the member's Membership ID in the personal profile in MARS.

Self-nomination is permitted. Each nominee may be considered for one office only in a General Election cycle.

The current AOGS Constitution does not prescribe a proposer or seconder for this process. Any future requirement will follow the Constitution then in force.

How Candidates Are Selected

The Council may appoint a Nomination Committee for the election of Council members. The Committee:

• prepares a slate of candidates for President-Elect, Secretary General-Elect, Treasurer-Elect and the Section Presidents-Elect;
• ideally identifies two to three candidates for each position;
• consults the relevant Sections when identifying candidates for Section President-Elect;
• confirms that candidates are willing to stand for election; and
• presents the proposed slate to the Council for approval.

Voting & Support

How the Election Is Conducted

The election is conducted by ballot. Candidate information and voting instructions will be published for each election cycle.

Space for write-in candidates is provided on the ballot. A ballot marked for candidates for Section President-Elect in more than one Section is null and void for the Section elections. If there is a tie, the Chair of the Nomination Committee has a casting vote.

Election results are announced in connection with the Annual General Meeting and published in the General Election archive.

General Election Enquiries

For enquiries about the General Election, please contact the AOGS Secretariat at admin@asiaoceania.org.

Election Archive